Editor's Note: Due to Covid-related EU travel restrictions, Lío Las Vegas at the Mayfair will be delayed. The show is now anticipated to start October 21.
Dancer and actress Ariadna Hafez has been performing at the Lío Ibiza restaurant and cabaret for seven years, so she knows better than anyone how this unique entertainment experience affects its guests.
“The moment you go inside, a lot of things are happening that bring out different feelings,” she says. “You arrive shy and calm, not knowing what to expect. And then we warm you up, chat with you, make you feel at home, make you feel like you’re part of the show. Soon you start singing and dancing with us. The night is getting warmer while you’re eating and watching acrobats, singers, dancers, comedy.
“It’s dramatic and erotic, a bit of everything,” she continues, “and at the end of the night you’ll have a lot of different emotions. A lot of people say it’s one of the best nights of their life.”
Plenty of travelers spend time in Las Vegas and Ibiza, particularly club hoppers and dance music aficionados. The Ibiza party scene has influenced Strip nightlife for years, but it has never really been transplanted in Las Vegas—until now, when Lío takes over Bellagio’s lavish Mayfair Supper Club for two weeks starting on October 18.
It isn’t just a different show. Mayfair’s menu will be switched over as well, adding Spanish flair to complement the interactive performances running late into the night.
“Lío is indescribable, in a way. It’s a mélange of all kinds of things,” says Pacha Group CEO Nick McCabe, who served as longtime Las Vegas nightlife exec before his current Ibiza gig. “It’s such a creative experience … and it just builds and builds throughout the night.”
Since Mayfair opened in 2019, the Strip has added innovative supper club experiences with Delilah at Wynn and Superfrico at the Cosmopolitan. The Lío partnership advances the Vegas trend in a natural way.
“We know how to connect with the audience. It doesn’t matter where we are,” Hafez says. “In Ibiza you have incredible views and the beach and the place is just insane, but Mayfair is an incredible restaurant with the fountains of Bellagio in front. People will have the same feeling and experience, for sure.”
LÍO IBIZA AT MAYFAIR SUPPER CLUB October 18-31, themayfairlv.com/lio.
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